The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol)Müller, Susannah Grace Sanger
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The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol)
Müller, Susannah Grace Sanger
Müller, George, 1805-1898
On the evening of that day, Mr. Müller preached, with Spanish
interpretation, at another large schoolroom in the city. On the
following Tuesday afternoon, at the house of a Wesleyan minister, he
held a meeting for English Christian Workers in Spain, and addressed the
party there assembled, with reference to their labours, for upwards of
an hour. Conversation respecting the Lord's work in that dark Popish
land, was freely entered into afterwards, and the meeting was of so
profitable a character, that, though it had lasted two hours and a half,
no one was willing to leave, until a promise had been given that another
should be held the following afternoon. The next day, accordingly, all
met again at the same time and place, and continued for two hours and a
half together. On Thursday morning, Dec. 19th, we accompanied Mr. Payne
to visit four of the Spanish Day Schools, which are entirely supported
by the funds of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution. They are in
Barcelonetta (or little Barcelona), a poor part of the city, where, on
the first floor of one of the houses, we found two schools (one of big,
and the other of little boys) assembled. One master, a converted
Spaniard, was present; but the other, in consequence of indisposition,
was unable to attend that day. The boys were all quiet and orderly in
their behaviour; and, after the younger ones from the other schoolroom
had come in, Mr. Müller--with the help of Mr. Payne as a
translator--began speaking to them as follows:--"My dear children, I
love you all very much, and pray for you every day. I long from my
inmost soul to meet every one of you in Heaven; but, in order that you
may go to that happy place, as poor, lost, guilty sinners, you must put
your trust in the blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who was punished in our
room and stead; for His blood _alone_ can cleanse us from our sins."
After preaching the gospel further to them, he related a few particulars
about the Orphan boys on Ashley Down, and mentioned that _some_ of them,
about the same age as those he was addressing, were true disciples of
the Lord Jesus Christ, who, at an early age, had been led to trust in
Him wholly as their Saviour. It was most interesting to look upon these
poor Spanish children--gathered out from the mass of popery and
infidelity around--and to know that they were brought habitually under
Christian influence and teaching. There were about 150 of them, and
their parents were all either Papists or Infidels. Two schools for
girls, under the same roof, downstairs, were close at hand. The room for
the elder girls was large, but it was below the level of the street, and
a short flight of five steps led down to it. When the children were
seated, Mr. Müller spoke to them from a low platform; afterwards they
sang a hymn, and then a pretty little girl, about six years old, with
black hair and very bright dark eyes, was mounted on a form, when she
repeated the 128th Psalm in Spanish with great ease, and apparently
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